Opinion poll: More than 72% of Kazakhstanis support the idea of holding a referendum

On June 5, a republican referendum will be held on the adoption of amendments and additions to the Constitution. Changes to the main current law include amendments to 31 existing articles and the addition of two new articles to the Constitution and are aimed at a radical transformation of the current political model.

Together with the start of the campaigning period, measurements of public opinion of the attitude of Kazakhstanis to the upcoming republican referendum are regularly carried out.

The results of the latest sociological online survey conducted by the Central Communications Service under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan showed an increase in the level of support for the idea of ​​President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to hold a referendum to amend the Constitution of the country.

Among the respondents, 78.52% of Kazakhstanis know that the referendum will be held on June 5 this year, and 72.01% of Kazakhstanis support the idea of ​​holding a referendum.

At the same time, about 68.92% of Kazakhstanis plan to go to the vote. Have not yet decided on the choice - 21.79%. The indicators of awareness of the referendum increased by 7%, the indicators of intention to come - by more than 2%.

The sociological survey was conducted on May 17-19 by the method of online survey by the Central Communications Service under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The sample included 4,000 respondents aged 18 and over. The cities of Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Shymkent were chosen as polling points and 14 regions of the country.

Recall that earlier the high level of support for the idea of ​​holding a referendum was confirmed by the results of polls conducted by the Central Communications Service under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - 62 to 73% (May 3-5), the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (May 5-10), where 76 40% of Kazakhstanis supported the amendments, as well as by the public association “Kogamdyk pikir institutes” (May 3-5) with a result of 73.33% supporting Kazakhstanis.